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Ship faster. Ship better. Ship with The Agentic Startup.

🤖 What is The Agentic Startup?

The Agentic Startup is a spec-driven development framework for Claude Code that transforms how you build software. Think of it as having instant access to expert developers, architects, and engineers - all working together in parallel to turn your ideas into shipped code.

We follow Spec-Driven Development, where comprehensive specifications are created before coding begins, ensuring clarity and reducing rework.

The workflow:

1. 📋 Specify - Turn ideas into comprehensive specification documents
2. ⚡ Implement - Execute plans phase-by-phase with parallel agent coordination

The framework leverages Claude Code's plugin system to provide workflow commands, autonomous skills, specialized agents, and quality templates - all working together like a high-velocity startup team.

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What's New in 2.0

Native Claude Code Integration - Distributed as official marketplace plugins with zero manual configuration

Autonomous Skills System - Model-invoked skills that activate based on natural language with progressive disclosure

Specialized Agent Team - 11 agent roles across 39+ activity-based specializations (optional team@the-startup plugin)

Migrating from 1.x? See the complete migration guide for step-by-step instructions.

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🚀 Quick Start

Installation

Requirements: Claude Code v2.0+ with marketplace support

# Add The Agentic Startup marketplace
/plugin marketplace add rsmdt/the-startup

# Install the Start plugin (core workflows)
/plugin install start@the-startup

# (Optional) Install the Team plugin (specialized agents)
/plugin install team@the-startup

Alternatively, browse and install interactively via /plugin

Initialize Your Environment

Configure output style and statusline (one-time setup):

/start:init

Your First Workflow

1. Create a specification:

/start:specify Add user authentication with OAuth support

Creates docs/specs/001-user-authentication/ with product-requirements.md, solution-design.md, and implementation-plan.md documents.

2. Execute the implementation:

/start:implement 001

Runs phase-by-phase with parallel agents, validation gates, and progress tracking.

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📋 Commands

Quick reference for all workflow commands:

Command	Description
/start:init	Initialize environment (output style, statusline)
/start:specify	Create specification documents from brief description
/start:implement	Execute implementation plan phase-by-phase
/start:analyze	Discover and document patterns, rules, interfaces
/start:refactor	Improve code quality while preserving behavior

📖 View detailed command documentation →

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🔄 Typical Development Workflow

Specify → Implement

1. Create Specification

/start:specify Add real-time notification system with WebSocket support

• Creates comprehensive specs in docs/specs/001-notification-system/
• Documents discovered patterns and interfaces
• Duration: 15-30 minutes

2. Execute Implementation

/start:implement 001

• Executes phases sequentially with user approval
• Parallel agent coordination within phases
• Continuous test validation
• Duration: Varies by complexity

Separate Workflows

Analyze existing code:

/start:analyze security patterns in authentication

Refactor code safely:

/start:refactor Simplify the WebSocket connection manager

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🎯 Philosophy

The Problem We Solve

Development often moves too fast without proper planning:

• Features built without clear requirements
• Architecture decisions made ad-hoc during coding
• Technical debt accumulates from lack of upfront design
• Teams struggle to maintain consistency across implementations

Our Approach: Spec-Driven Development

The Agentic Startup enforces a disciplined workflow that balances speed with quality:

1. Specify First - Create comprehensive specifications before writing code

• product-requirements.md - What to build and why
• solution-design.md - How to build it technically
• implementation-plan.md - Executable tasks and phases